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muller

9.9

A heavy stone or metal tool that grinds and mixes pigments on a flat stone

noun
/ˈmʌlər/

Specialized

: triturador

An you grind it with a muller, like this.

Examples

Willingness to participate in political protest was measured using an adapted version of the scale used by Muller (1972) and Grofman and Muller (1973).

Academic text (1996)
Willingness to participate in political protest was measured using an adapted version of the scale used by Muller (1972) and Grofman and Muller (1973).

Academic text (1996)
To prepare the paint, you need to grind the pigments with a muller on a slab.
Using a muller, she mixed the herbs thoroughly with the mortar in preparation for the medicine.
In traditional cooking, a muller is used to grind spices into a fine powder.

Synonyms

grinder

vsmuller

Specialized

27 2.5

A machine that crushes materials, for example coffee beans

is a handheld manual tool used for grinding and mixing on a slab

pounder

vsmuller

NSFW

5 7.2

A heavy tool with a flat base and handle used to crush and mix grain or pigments on a stone

is the same type of heavy tool focused on slab grinding

pestle

vsmuller

5 7.4

A heavy hand tool with a rounded end used with a bowl to crush and grind food or spices

uses a flat bottom on a slab instead of a rounded end

muddler

vsmuller

1 5.3

A tool used to crush and mix ingredients when making drinks

is used broadly for heavy grinding and mixing on a slab

Compounds

Geiger-Muller counter

Specialized

6.9

A device with a gas-filled tube that detects and measures radiation

Geiger-Muller tube

Specialized

5.7

A thin tube inside a Geiger counter that detects radiation

How Heavy

sledgehammer

35 3.9

muller

Specialized

9.9

pestle

5 7.4

mallet

10 4.2

Surface Forms

muller singular

mullers plural

Morphology

muller = mull (semi-transparent) = mull + er

Formally 'mull' + '-er' yields an instrument meaning, but the sense 'heavy flat-bottomed tool for grinding pigments' depends on a less familiar sense of 'mull' (to grind/mix pigments), which may not be obvious to many learners.

Etymology

Muller is like a small hand mill, and a helpful way to remember it is to think of grinding: the tool 'grinds' and mixes pigments or powders on a slab.